The Hill 1965 123movies

Watch: The Hill 1965 123movies, Full Movie Online – World War II, in a British disciplinary camp located in the Libyan desert, prisoners are persecuted by Staff Sergeant Williams (Ian Hendry), who made them climb again and again, under the heavy sun, an artificial hill built right in the middle of the camp. Harris (Ian Bannen) is a more human and compassionate guard, but the chief, R.S.M. Wilson (Harry Andrews), refuses to disown his subordinate Williams. One day, five new prisoners arrive. Each of them will deal in a different way with the authority and Williams’ ferocity..
Plot: North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline. It’s not a military objective. It’s The Hill, a manmade instrument of torture, a tower of sand seared by a white-hot sun. And the troops’ tormentors are not the enemy, but their own comrades-at-arms.
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	7.9/10 Votes: 14,109
	71% | RottenTomatoes
	81/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 164 Popularity: 10.248 | TMDB

Reviews:

very compelling, fiercely tragic drama, almost TOO fierce
The Hill is one of Sidney Lumet’s lesser known films (lesser compared to Network and Dog Day Afternoon anyway), but it’s pretty close to being a classic POW movie. Rather, it’s not exactly POW’s- it’s about British soldiers who are taken to a stockade, they’ve broken some crimes or other (i.e theft, insubordination, not following orders on the front lines), and are dealt with very harsh cards of punishment. The harshest is a long, repetitive run up a giant dirt hill in the middle of this North African desert setting, where the overbearing heat is a huge factor for their undoing (which, according to director Lumet, wasn’t just good acting). And the story follows a group of soldiers (Sean Connery, Ossie Davis, Alfred Lynch, Roy Kinnear) who go through this hideous regiment under such conditions that are close to torture, and how one of them- Stevens (Lynch)- literally drops dead from the pressure.

Lumet’s direction for the first half mostly goes between big, wide expansive shots of the soldiers toiling up and down that hill, and extreme, almost claustrophobic close-ups with the soldiers faces (both prisoners and guards). His cameraman, the great Oswald Morris, is a pro at using black and white in a crisp, clean manner, but using movement to illustrate the craziness and sort of horror of the situation at hand. There’s barely a flaw with this aspect, and displays the firm level of craftsmanship Lumet had achieved by then with “style” (I don’t want to press too much on that aspect, except that here, as in the Pawnbroker, it fits the subject matter to a T). The lack of music, by the way, is a big plus to add to the realism, however theatrical (it was based on a stage play by the screenwriter).

And, most notably, the acting is show-stopping. Connery has rarely been better as a hero who tries to stand up to the monsters like Williams (Ian Hendry in a very scary, calm-but-mad performance) and Wilson (Harry Andrews, barking like a dog in the kind of angry bravura only the British can pull off); Davis and Stevens deliver some strong work in their supporting roles; basically everyone, even Sir Michael Redgrave who isn’t on screen for long, all work full tilt for the material. While there are moments when the screenplay, made by and for British audiences, is delivered by the actors in that British tone of voice and speak that may need some subtitles, most of the time it all comes through clear as crystal. It’s a searing portrait of a little-known facet of WW2, of the horrors capable in people with too much power, who are intolerant and use the rules only so far as they need to (in this regard, Connery IS the real hero, past being a simple bad-ass). It’s *the* sleeper of 1965. 9.5/10

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 3 min (123 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Approved
Genre Drama, War
Director Sidney Lumet
Writer Ray Rigby, R.S. Allen
Actors Sean Connery, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen
Country United Kingdom
Awards Won 1 BAFTA Award4 wins & 6 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm